1933 Stanley Cup Finals

The 1933 Stanley Cup Finals was played between the New York Rangers and the Toronto Maple Leafs, in a rematch of the 1932 Finals. It was the first best-of-five Finals series. The Rangers won the series 3–1 to win their second Stanley Cup.

1933 Stanley Cup Finals
1 2 3 4 Total Toronto Maple Leafs 1 1 3 0* 1 New York Rangers 5 3 2 1* 3
* indicates periods of overtime.
Location(s)	New York City: Madison Square Garden (1) Toronto: Maple Leaf Gardens (2–4)
Format	best-of-five
Coaches	Toronto: Dick Irvin New York: Lester Patrick
Captains	Toronto: Hap Day New York: Bill Cook
Dates	April 4 to April 13
Series-winning goal	Bill Cook (7:34, OT, G4)

Paths to the Finals

Toronto defeated the Boston Bruins 3–2 in a best-of-five series to reach the Finals. New York defeated the Montreal Canadiens 8—5 and Detroit Red Wings 6–3 to reach the Finals.

Game summaries

After game one, the Rangers would vacate Madison Square Garden for the circus. Bill Cook would become the first player to score a Cup-winning goal in overtime. Rookie goalie Andy Aitkenhead postrd the fourth shutout by a rookie in the Finals.

April 4	Toronto Maple Leafs		1–5		New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden III	Recap
No scoring		First period			12:18 – Bun Cook (2) 13:11 – Cecil Dillon (6)
No scoring		Second period			08:31 – pp – Ott Heller (2) 14:25 – sh – Cecil Dillon (7)
Alex Levinsky (1) – 15:53		Third period			16:55 – Murray Murdoch (2)
Lorne Chabot		Goalie stats			Andy Aitkenhead

April 8	New York Rangers		3–1		Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
Ott Heller (3) – 08:18 Bill Cook (2) – sh – 11:38		First period			01:10 – Ken Doraty (3)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Earl Seibert (1) – 14:39		Third period			No scoring
Andy Aitkenhead		Goalie stats			Lorne Chabot

April 11	New York Rangers		2–3		Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
Cecil Dillon (8) – sh – 02:21		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			07:21 – pp – Ken Doraty (4)
Butch Keeling (1) – sh – 07:42		Third period			05:29 – pp – Ken Doraty (5) 08:30 – Red Horner (1)
Andy Aitkenhead		Goalie stats			Lorne Chabot

April 13	New York Rangers		1–0	OT	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Bill Cook (3) – pp – 07:33		First overtime period			No scoring
Andy Aitkenhead		Goalie stats			Lorne Chabot

New York won series 3–1

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1933 Stanley Cup was presented to Rangers captain Bill Cook by NHL President Frank Calder following the Rangers 1–0 overtime win over the Maple Leafs in game four.

The following Rangers players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

1933 New York Rangers

Players

  Centres

• 5 Bill Cook (Captain)
• 7 Frank Boucher
• 12 Art Somers
• 16 Ossie Asmundson

  Wingers

• 6 Fred Bun Cook
• 9 Murray Murdoch
• 11 Gord Pettinger
• 12 Melville Butch Keeling

  Defencemen

• 2 Cecil Dillon
• 3 Ivan Ching Johnson
• 4 Albert Babe Siebert
• 8 Cecil Dillon
• 14 Erhardt Ott Heller
• 15 Doug Brennan

  Goaltenders

• 1 Andy Aitkenhead

Coaching and administrative staff

• Lester Patrick (Manager-Coach)
• Harry Westerby (Trainer)
• William Carey (President-Owner)†
• Richard Hoyt (Vice President-Owner)†

† Left off Stanley Cup, but included on the team picture

Stanley Cup engraving

• New York Rangers included two smaller rings on the Stanley Cup. Due to the size of the first ring, no playoff score was included. On the Second ring they honored Lester Patrick (See 1934 Chicago Black Hawks for the wording.) Lester Patrick's name was put on the Stanley Cup twice in 1933. Even with adding 2 rings the New York Rangers did not include any playoff scores on the Stanley Cup.
• Rangers did not include President William Carey's name on the Stanley Cup. He is only President of a Stanley Cup winning team left off the Cup, since the engraving of winning members became an annual tradition in 1924. John Hammond returned as President of the New York Rangers in off season forcing out Carey and Hoyt; this may be the reason William Carey and Richard Hoyt were left off the Stanley Cup.

See also

• 1932–33 NHL season

References & notes

• NHL (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Dan Diamond & Associates.

• Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7